All the important facts and figures from London 2012

Some believe the only numbers that matter at the Olympics are those on the medal tally, but here are a few facts and figures that present a unique insight into London 2012.

- According to analysis of web coverage, the best-looking athletes were the Paraguayan javelin thrower Leryn Franco, a runner-up in Miss Universo Paraguay, and the US swimmer Ryan Lochte. Team GB’s Jessica Ennis was ranked third.

- Of all medallists, women cried more than men - 25 per cent as opposed to eight per cent. 16 per cent either bit or kissed their medal on the podium. Just 44 per cent sang along with their national anthem.

Ryan LochteSource:News Limited

- The athlete with the longest non-hyphenated surname was Saeid Mohammadpourkarkaragh (26 letters). The Iranian weightlifter came fifth in the 94kg event.

- If U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps were a country, he would rank 37th in the all-time gold medal table. His total of 18 gold medals equals Austria and Ethiopia.

Saeid MohammadpourkarkaraghSource:Getty Images

- At 71, the Japanese dressage rider Hiroshi Hoketsu was the oldest athlete at the Games.

- An average of two marriage proposals were made each day on "Marry Mound", a patch on the eastern lawn of Park Live, the Olympic Park’s big-screen venue, which saw 25 proposals during the Games.

- The Duchess of Cambridge is the luckiest royal Olympics supporter: Team GB won five gold medals while she looked on. She also witnessed two silver medals and three bronze. Princes William and Harry saw only seven British medals between them.

Duchess of CambridgeSource:News Limited

- Sponsor McDonald’s was mentioned 3536 times in media coverage.

- August 7 was the London Underground's busiest day in history, with 4.5 million people travelling on it.

- The tallest athlete at the Games is 7ft 3in Chinese basketball player Zhaoxu Zhang.

- The highest bid offered for an Olympic torch, signed by Jessica Ennis, was £7020 ($10,426). Bidding has now closed.

- It took Usain Bolt 41 strides to break the Olympic 100m record in 9.63 seconds. Silver medallist Yohan Blake took 46 paces.

Leryn FrancoSource:AAP

- It took ten hours to make each medal, using an enormous press called Colossus. The medals were designed by David Watkins, the special effects model-maker on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. There were six grams of gold in each gold medal.